In-house outsourcing, where activities are maintained under the same roof, is a major organizational innovation. This paper conducts in-depth analysis of ‘in-house’ outsourcing strategies at Fiat Auto in Italy. It grasps the complex nature of the implications of such a strategy for the organisation of production and social and industrial relations by providing a rich material for such analysis....

Purpose: To investigate the expression and tyrosine 705 phosphorylation of STAT3 in focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rat model and its role in neuronal apoptosis. Methods: Ischemia-reperfusion model was established by thread-occluded method. Tetrazolium red (TTC), H/E and Nissl staining were used to evaluate whether ischemia-reperfusion model was successfully established. TUNEL staining and ...

BACKGROUND In Germany, Iscucin® Populi (IP), a preparation from mistletoe growing on the poplar tree, is used in cancer therapy while Viscum Mali e planta tota (VM), a preparation from mistletoe growing on the apple tree, is used in patients with osteoarthritis. Since mistletoe preparations are suspected to induce production of potentially tumor promoting cytokines like interleukin (IL)-6, furt...

The protection effect of KLT via iv infusion for leukopenia induced by harringtonine and CTX was studied. The mice were divided randomly into 7 groups: harringtonine 1 mg/kg (ip x 1, 5, 9) + KLT 12.5ml/kg (iv x 7), harringtonine 1mg/kg (ip x 1, 5, 9) + KLT 6.25 ml/kg (10 x 7), CTX 45mg/kg (ip x 1, 5, 9) + KLT 6.25 ml/kg (iv x 7), harringtonine 1 mg/kg (ip x 1, 5, 9), CTX 45mg/kg (ip x 1, 5, 9) ...

BACKGROUND Nigeria is faced with a high burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Treatment outcomes among MDR-TB patients registered across the globe have been poor, partly due to high loss-to-follow-up. To address this challenge, MDR-TB patients in Nigeria are hospitalized during the intensive-phase(IP) of treatment (first 6-8 months...

introduction and aim: ip-10 molecule is a new biomarker to predict response to treatment in chronic hcv infection. also urine ip-10 has been suggested as a biomarker in other infections. but already, it has low data in urine as well as serum level of ip-10 for hcv infection. the aim of this study was to assess urine and serum level of ip-10 in patients with type 1 and 3a hcv infection. material...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common cause of death from infectious diseases and results in high socioeconomic losses to many countries. Proper diagnosis is the first step in TB eradication. To develop a rapid, simple, and accurate diagnostic TB test and to characterize the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) genotypes and immune profiles of TB patients, a total of 37 TB patie...